Combined cigar holder and piercer.



F. D. WHITE.

COMBINED CIGAR HOLDER AND PIERCER. APPLICATION FILED NOV- |0, l9 l7.

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EEAJNK D. WHITE, 0E EEovIDENcE, RHODE ISLAND, AssIeNoE or ONE-HALE roALEX ANDEE M. cHADEoDENE, 0E PROVIDENCE, EHoDE IsLAND, AND oNE-ItALE 'roeEoEeE G; WHEELER, oE CRANSTON, RHODE ISLAND.

COMBINED CIGAR HOLDER AND PIERCER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK D. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the city of Providence, in the county of Providence andState of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Combined Cigar, Holders and Piercers, of which the following is aspeclficationh V V This invention relates to a combined cigar holder andpiercer, and has forits object to provide a cigar holder having apiercing member therein, which is adapted to pierce and enter the end ofa cigar when the latter is placed in the holder'for the purpose ofcausing the cigar to draw freely when smoked.

With theseand other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved holder illustrating acigar in dotted lines as retained therein.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the stem of the holderv with thepiercer proecting therefrom and the bowl portion removed.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bowl portion of the holder.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the stem portion of the holder,which may be made of any suitable material, the same being made hollowor with a longitudinally disposed opening 11 therethrough, through whichthe smoke may be drawn from the cigar into the mouth of the smoker.

The outer end of this stem is provided with a barrel portion '12 ontowhich one portion 14 of the holder end 13 of the bowl is fitted.

The essential feature of my invention is the provision of a piercingmember 15 which is connected to the stem 10 in any suitable way, but Ipreferably form this piercing member of a thin blade of metal having aSpecification of Letters Patent.

rammed Apr. as, me.

Application filed November 10, 1917. I Serial No. 201,204.

body portion 16 and a head portion 17, the

head portion being preferably larger, wider or of greatercross-sectional area than the body portion, for two reasons. First, soas to form a hole in the end of the cigar, a

'a transverse slot in which the end of th thin blade is fixed.

It is found in practice that by providing a longitudinal opening18through the blade which connects with the hole 11 in the stem, thatwhen the piercer enters the end of the cigar, the tobacco leaves arespread and separated and are retained slightly opened up so as to permitthe smoke to draw freely through this opening 18 in the blade.

I have shown and described a blade form of piercing member with a hollowcenter portion, but I do not wish to be restricted to this particularform of piercing member as any other form of piercer which is mountedwithin the bowl to enter the end of the cigar when positioned in theholder,

will fall'within the spirit of my invention, the scope of which islimited only by the terms of the appended claim. v

I claim:

A combined cigar holder and piercer comprising a hollow stein memberslotted across its end, a thin, fiat blade having alongitudinally-disposed opening through its middle portion extendingfrom one end nearly FRANK D. WHITE.

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' little larger than the body portion of the

